Casey Mize will start the Detroit Tigers' first road exhibition game of the Grapefruit League season. Mize will pitch on Sunday in Tampa against the New York Yankees. Manager A.J. Hinch previously announced that Kenta Maeda would start Saturday’s opener in Lakeland against the Philadelphia Phillies.

Ty Madden maintains six pitches, Kenta Maeda seven. Jackson Jobe is adding a curveball, Casey Mize is adding a sweeper. How many pitches is too many?

Suddenly, Detroit Tigers right-hander Kenta Maeda looks like a legit starting pitcher again. All he needed to do was change his offseason routine.

Veteran right-handed pitcher Kenta Maeda will start the Detroit Tigers' Grapefruit League opener on Saturday afternoon, manager A.J. Hinch announced on Wednesday. It’s the latest indication that the Tigers plan to give Maeda every opportunity to win a spot in the starting rotation after he struggled through much of 2024.

The Detroit Tigers will open up their Grapefruit League slate on Saturday with a date with the Philadelphia Phillies. The Tigers signed Kenta Maeda in December of 2023, and his freshman season in Detroit left much to be desired.

Kenta Maeda said it was the most frustrating season of his career and he was determined it wouldn’t happen again. So, at age 36, he scrapped the offseason routine that had served him well for more than a decade and tried something new.

When he ended the 2024 season in the bullpen, Detroit Tigers pitcher Kenta Maeda was told he would compete for a spot in the starting rotation. Luckily, that was some motivation he truly needed. After ending the 2024 season horrifically,

The Detroit Tigers are well in the thick of spring training, getting started with games on Saturday afternoon. Manager A.J. Hinch raised some eyebrows when he d